They're nowhere near having a product yet. We'll have to wait and see.

andrigtmiller |
January 29, 2013

I just Googled for whether this technology can actually do what they say. Don't hold your breath. It looks like another scam to me.

HansJ |
January 29, 2013

If any of that light reflects off the panels you are going to drive your neighbors crazy with the stroboscopic disco ball effect.

Sudre_ |
January 29, 2013

Looks like a scam. If you unrolled that panel you would get a larger square foot area than a standard panel. If they are truly rotating the panels around then half the panels are in the dark not producing any power. Why not just flatten them out and have all the panels in the light all the time with a tracker following the sun.http://www.altestore.com/store/Solar-Panel-Mounts-Trackers/Active-Solar-...

Have to wait and see if keeping the panels slightly cooler will really produce that much extra power. At least double the power since half the cells are on the dark side.

dborn @nsw.au |
January 29, 2013

I think that they are not really depending on the silicon for power, there are magnets and coils in the skirt and they say they are producing A/C power not DC. I suspect it is a solar powered generator. whether they can actually get a 1000 watts out of an area of 1 sq meter is another question entirely. They are magnifying the sun with lenses, at least that portion of the panel actually facing the sun at the time. They mitigate the heat generated by rotating away , and the bearing is apparently mag lev. Is the PV component simply providing the power to rotate? Electrical engineers out there, what do you think?

GoTeslaChicago |
January 29, 2013

I'm voting for a scam. Scams always have an endorsement by an "expert" to give them legitimacy.

More time spent on listing his credentials than actually explaining how it works, other than it concentrates solar 20 times and spins so the solar cells that are receiving 20 times the light can cool off. Does't add up for me.